Classical rhetoric & its Christian & secular tradition from ancient to modern times / George A. Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, George A. (George Alexander), 1928-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--History.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed., rev. and enl.

Other Title:

Classical rhetoric and its Christian & secular tradition from ancient to modern times

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1999.

Summary:

Since its original publication by UNC Press in 1980, this book has provided thousands of students with a concise introduction and guide to the history of the classical tradition in rhetoric, the ancient but ever vital art of persuasion. Now, George Kennedy offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition. From its development in ancient Greece and Rome, through its continuation and adaptation in Europe and America through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to its enduring significance in the twentieth century, he traces the

Contents:

Traditional and conceptual rhetoric

Technical rhetoric

Sophistic rhetoric

Philosophical rhetoric

Rhetoric in the Roman period

Literary rhetoric

Judeo- Christian rhetoric

Greek rhetoric in the Middle Ages

Latin rhetoric in the Middle Ages

Classical rhetoric in the Renaissance

Neoclassical rhetoric

Classical rhetoric in the twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-336) and index.

ISBN:

9798890870841

9780807861134

0807861138

OCLC:

52840444